Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal to Juventus
In the real world, however, it was one of those loan deals that left jaws on the floor across the professional game.
A season-long loan, Lord Bendtner made just a handful of appearances for the The Old Lady.
The club even admitted that seven months after he had made the move to Italy they had still to sell a single shirt bearing the Dane’s name.
Steven Caulker, QPR to Liverpool
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Julien Faubert, West Ham to Real Madrid
Allan Simonsen, Barcelona to Charlton
Readers of a certain age will remember the curious case of Allan Simonsen.
Despite just scoring the winner in the Cup Winners’ Cup Final and leading Barcelona to a 2-1 win over Standard Leige,the 1977 Ballon d’Or winner found himself surplus to requirements at Camp Nou chiefly because the club had just signed Diego Maradona. Fair enough.
But rather than accept offers from Spurs and Real Madrid, the Danish striker opted to join Second Division Charlton Athletic in a £300,000 deal. He scored nine times in 13 games before returning to Denmark and rejoining his first club Vejle BK.
Juninho, Sao Paulo to Middlesbrough
Alberto Tarantini, Boca Juniors to Birmingham City
Kevin Keegan, Hamburg to Southampton
If King Kev’s decision to leave Liverpool for Hamburg in 1977 was a shock then his decision to leave Hamburg for Hampshire was just plain perplexing.
Not only had Hamburg just won the Bundesliga and reached the final of the European Cup, losing to Nottingham Forest, but Keegan had also won back-to-back Ballon d’Or awards too.
Put simply, he could have had his pick of any club in Europe.
But he chose Southampton. Nope, us neither.
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